phalanx

Example Sentences

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The lifeguard had ordered him out of the water, because the sudden arrival of a phalanx of swans was making the smaller children scream.

From Literature

In the past, insurers have deployed phalanxes of angry seniors and run large-scale ad campaigns, including a commercial during the Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal

A phalanx of demonstrators circled her and shuttled her away.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, down the broad marble staircase of Odessa marches a phalanx of Cossack soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.

From BBC